Pacific Research Institute
Health Care
The Pacific Research Institute, Benjamin Rush Society, Docs 4 Patient Care, Galen Institute and Angel Raich File Amicus Brief Against ObamaCare
The Pacific Research Institute, Benjamin Rush Society, Docs 4 Patient Care, and the Galen Institute, today issued the following statements after filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the 11th Circuit’s decision that the individual mandate under ObamaCare is unconstitutional. Sally C. Pipes, President and CEO of ...
Business & Economics
The Best States For Jobs
The Texas jobs miracle has received a lot of attention since Rick Perry announced his candidacy for president in August. The numbers are impressive. Texas added 1.2 million net jobs since Perry took office as Texas Governor in December 2000, while the U.S. as a whole lost 1.1 million jobs ...
Commentary
US study busts energy myths: US doesn’t depend on Mideast oil
The Pacific Research Institute, a free market think tank based in San Francisco, released a new report debunking the common myths about energy in America. Top Ten Energy Myths, by Thomas Tanton, senior fellow in Energy Studies, confronts ten popular myths about America’s energy sources, uses, and risks. The report ...
Education
Education activist urges online learning at Pleasant Hill luncheon
Charter schools and online learning could help turn around underperforming campuses such as Clayton Valley High School in Concord, an education reform advocate said Friday. Lance Izumi, who is an author and senior director for education at the Pacific Research Institute public policy think tank, said many school districts throughout ...
Business & Economics
Christine Hughes – Bay Area People
(San Francisco) The Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a nationally recognized free-market think tank located in San Francisco, has named Christine Hughes as its new Vice President. Ms. Hughes had formerly served on the Board of Directors at the Pacific Research Institute from 2005-2011 as a member of the Executive Committee ...
Health Care
Will Miracle Drugs Get to Market?
Sally C. Pipes appeared on CNBC’s The Kudlow Report and debated with fellow guest Dr. Ronald Ennis M.D. on whether cancer-fighting drugs should be accessible to the public with issues of government and healthcare regulation. According to Ms. Pipes, The primary concern should be whether care is medically effective. Doctors ...
Business & Economics
The tea party should hold fast on debt ceiling
Two weeks ago, Standard and Poor’s kept the U.S. government’s AAA debt rating, but downgraded its future outlook from “stable” to “negative.” The announcement roiled stock markets and underscored the need for tea party activists to keep legislators’ feet to the fire on the debt ceiling. Paul Ryan’s allegedly radical ...
Health Care
The Mess of Massachusetts’ Health-Care
FOX Business: Pacific Research Institute CEO Sally Pipes on how Massachusetts’; health-care, pushed by Mitt Romey, shows what the federal government’s health-care reform will do to the country.
Commentary
Clarifying Ryan’s Medicare Reform
(Not that Ryan’s retreating from the term will prevent “voucher” being used to describe his reform. Grace-Marie Turner has explained how “premium support” differs from a voucher, but even Ryan supporter Michael Cannon of the Cato Institute insists on describing it as a voucher.) Of course, a good night’s sleep ...
Business & Economics
Conservative Spotlight: Pacific Research Institute
Human Events had it right in 2005 when it named Sally Pipes one of the “Top 10 Women in the Conservative Movement.” As president and CEO of Pacific Research Institute (PRI), Pipes has become an essential voice in the health-care debate, frequently sounding the alarm against the single-payer system. During ...
The Pacific Research Institute, Benjamin Rush Society, Docs 4 Patient Care, Galen Institute and Angel Raich File Amicus Brief Against ObamaCare
The Pacific Research Institute, Benjamin Rush Society, Docs 4 Patient Care, and the Galen Institute, today issued the following statements after filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the 11th Circuit’s decision that the individual mandate under ObamaCare is unconstitutional. Sally C. Pipes, President and CEO of ...
The Best States For Jobs
The Texas jobs miracle has received a lot of attention since Rick Perry announced his candidacy for president in August. The numbers are impressive. Texas added 1.2 million net jobs since Perry took office as Texas Governor in December 2000, while the U.S. as a whole lost 1.1 million jobs ...
US study busts energy myths: US doesn’t depend on Mideast oil
The Pacific Research Institute, a free market think tank based in San Francisco, released a new report debunking the common myths about energy in America. Top Ten Energy Myths, by Thomas Tanton, senior fellow in Energy Studies, confronts ten popular myths about America’s energy sources, uses, and risks. The report ...
Education activist urges online learning at Pleasant Hill luncheon
Charter schools and online learning could help turn around underperforming campuses such as Clayton Valley High School in Concord, an education reform advocate said Friday. Lance Izumi, who is an author and senior director for education at the Pacific Research Institute public policy think tank, said many school districts throughout ...
Christine Hughes – Bay Area People
(San Francisco) The Pacific Research Institute (PRI), a nationally recognized free-market think tank located in San Francisco, has named Christine Hughes as its new Vice President. Ms. Hughes had formerly served on the Board of Directors at the Pacific Research Institute from 2005-2011 as a member of the Executive Committee ...
Will Miracle Drugs Get to Market?
Sally C. Pipes appeared on CNBC’s The Kudlow Report and debated with fellow guest Dr. Ronald Ennis M.D. on whether cancer-fighting drugs should be accessible to the public with issues of government and healthcare regulation. According to Ms. Pipes, The primary concern should be whether care is medically effective. Doctors ...
The tea party should hold fast on debt ceiling
Two weeks ago, Standard and Poor’s kept the U.S. government’s AAA debt rating, but downgraded its future outlook from “stable” to “negative.” The announcement roiled stock markets and underscored the need for tea party activists to keep legislators’ feet to the fire on the debt ceiling. Paul Ryan’s allegedly radical ...
The Mess of Massachusetts’ Health-Care
FOX Business: Pacific Research Institute CEO Sally Pipes on how Massachusetts’; health-care, pushed by Mitt Romey, shows what the federal government’s health-care reform will do to the country.
Clarifying Ryan’s Medicare Reform
(Not that Ryan’s retreating from the term will prevent “voucher” being used to describe his reform. Grace-Marie Turner has explained how “premium support” differs from a voucher, but even Ryan supporter Michael Cannon of the Cato Institute insists on describing it as a voucher.) Of course, a good night’s sleep ...
Conservative Spotlight: Pacific Research Institute
Human Events had it right in 2005 when it named Sally Pipes one of the “Top 10 Women in the Conservative Movement.” As president and CEO of Pacific Research Institute (PRI), Pipes has become an essential voice in the health-care debate, frequently sounding the alarm against the single-payer system. During ...
